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College has long been consid-ered the place to leave inhibitions at the door, usually the door of your parents’ station wagon or the plane on your first ever one-way flight. But often students are recommended, if not required, to keep those inhibitions in place when they step through a certain door — particularly the classroom door. Being drunk in the class-room is a topic that often goes unmentioned.

The first time Steven Marden*, a political science major, showed up drunk to class was during his first quarter, after attending an afternoon fraternity event. His hangover took over halfway through the class. “I was sitting there just dying and dying and dy-ing,” he said.

When he went to turn in a pa-per, his professor said he smelled vodka and asked Marden if he had alcohol in his bottle. Marden said his bottle only contained the sport drink, but that he had a little too much to drink earlier. “(My pro-fessor) said ‘I’m not even mad, I’m just impressed.’ He kind of just gave me a pat on the back and said ‘it happens, don’t worry about it,’” Marden said.

According to the Alcohol Bev-erage policy in the Santa Clara University Handbook for 2011–2012, “Alcoholic beverages shall not be served or consumed in pub-lic areas of the university except at authorized university events.”

Marden was not technically in violation of the school’s drinking policy since he did not consume the alcohol in the classroom.

On a separate occasion, Marden had a final on St. Patrick’s Day. Marden placed a beer can and ice inside a large Pepsi cup. He sipped on the beer while tak-ing his final.

After turning in the final, he decided to make a grand exit. “I walked up and said, ‘St. Patty’s Bitches!’!” before taking a swig of

whiskey. “I actually got an A in that class,” he said.

While not a participant in the act, junior communication major Alexa Chandler* witnessed mul-tiple accounts of classroom drink-ing as well, especially in night classes. “I had multiple classes where people were pregaming in class,” Chandler said. “People would show up to class all dressed up to go out, so it was like a really formal drinking party.”

In the Santa Clara University Handbook for 2011–2012, “An al-cohol violation is considered to be a high-risk violation in the follow-ing circumstances, but not limited to: possession or consumption of alcohol when under the legal drinking age, disorderly conduct such as verbally abusive or lewd behavior, excessive consumption of alcohol…(and) excessive intoxi-cation.”

Marden managed to perform a significant portion of high-risk violations as an underclassman.

At the end of spring quarter his sophomore year, Marden and a classmate decided to split an 18-rack of beer hidden in a back-pack. The goal was simple: finish

the 18-rack before the 65 minute class ended. They’d crack open their beers as students searched for the source of the sound, and continued on their way through ounce after ounce, getting thor-oughly drunk.

On his ninth and final beer, the professor thought Marden had raised his hand and called on him. “The only thing that came out was the biggest burp of my life, and she just goes ‘wow,’” he said. After apologizing, he burped again before realizing he had to throw up, and ran to the bathroom. “I started puking my guts out,” Marden said, telling himself he would never drink in class again. “It has not happened since — les-son learned.”

Contact Michael Rosa at mrosa@scu.edu.

Drinking in class has gained more attention on campus. Students drink in class to pregame for after parties, spark conversation, or simply accomplish a self-set goal.

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Throng after throng of bro-tanked, boy-shorted thrill-seekers packed into the cul-de-sac’s few remaining inches of open space. A few girls began dancing to the thumping music on top of beer pong tables. One student with a bottle of tequila o"ered free shots to girls — pro-vided they drink them on their knees. Partygoers crowded into the Alviso apart-ment block in the early afternoon for the “Cinco de Alvisos” day party.

Senior Bridget O’Hara said, “There was a lot of broken glass (and) a lot of out-of-control drunk people, but it was fun.”

Many students felt that, in compari-son to past years, the party was somewhat

subdued. “It wasn’t as crowded as (the) “Cinco de Maples” (party) gets every other year,” said senior Andrea Young.

“I could only hear the music from the end of the street; definitely not from Swig,” said freshman Michael Sywik.

The popular annual “Cinco de Ma-ples” party held in the Maples apartment block was canceled this year due to fear of police fines. Following a day party on March 3, at which several tickets were given to minors in possession of alcohol, over $2,500 worth of fines were given to student hosts for consenting to the party.

In the late afternoon, after the party had largely died down, an intoxicated female student fell from one of the Alviso house’s roofs, along with another male student who was trying to help her back into the house. Emergency services ar-rived on the scene. Neither victim was seriously injured, though the male suf-fered bad scrapes, according to eyewit-ness junior Sean Sullivan,

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1. President Barack Obama annouced his support of same-sex marriage: Obama faced pressure Wednesday to express support for same-sex marriage after a setback for gay-rights advocates in North Carolina. Republicans turned out in force Tuesday night to vote to strengthen the state’s gay marriage ban. The passage of the state constitutional amendment, by a whopping 61 percent of the vote, proves that the topic remains a powerful election-year wedge issue despite tough economic times. It also illustrates the risks for the president as Democrats press him to do what no other has before; support gay marriage.

The vote — in a state that Obama won in 2008 and that will host his nominating con-vention in September — came just days after Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secre-tary Arne Duncan voiced their support for gay marriage in back-to-back television interviews, comments the White House insisted were not intended to pave the way for Obama to embrace gay marriage. 2. Child’s stu!ed animals hide gun parts in carry-on bag: A man whose child unknowingly had gun parts and ammunition hidden inside stu"ed animals in his carry-on bag was involved in a custody dispute, o2cials at Rhode Island’s main airport said Wednesday. Federal trans-portation agents found the items Monday when the man and his 4-year-old son went through security at T.F. Green Airport, authorities said. The man, who has not been identified, said he didn’t know the items were there.

The airport released a statement on Wednes-day calling it a “domestic custody dispute.”

Airport police, state police and the FBI are investigating. One stu"ed animal contained a .40-caliber gun, while another had a magazine loaded with two .40-caliber rounds and a firing pin. A third stu"ed animal contained another part of a gun known as a slide. The parts could have been assembled to make a usable firearm, authorities said.3. Yulia Tymoshenko ended a nearly three-week long hunger strike: The imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister was moved from jail to a hospital for treatment of a severe back condition under the supervision of a Ger-man doctor. The news was likely to allay at least some Western concerns over Tymoshenko’s health and handling in prison.

EU o2cials and some governments from the 27-nation bloc have vowed to boycott the Euro-pean Championship soccer tournament, which begins in June and is co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland. Ukraine had to cancel a regional coop-eration summit this weekend after most heads of central and eastern European states canceled their visits because of the Tymoshenko case. 4. A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday: Seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by, the bomb hit, demonstrating the fragility of the international plan to end the country’s bloodshed. In Wash-ington, meanwhile, President Barack Obama took steps to extend sanctions against the gov-ernment of President Bashar Assad, saying Syria poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security and diplomatic goals.

From AP Reports.

CAMPUS BRIEFS

Engineering Design Conference Showcases Work

The 42nd Annual Senior Engineering De-sign Conference is today. Groups will present their projects to several judging panels across campus, but will gather to showcase their work in the engineering quad between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Every year the conference is an opportu-nity for engineering seniors to exhibit projects that combine their hands-on experience and theoretical learning in creative and innovative ways. While each year reveals exciting new ideas, a new trend is appearing this year.

“It’s amazing to see how many of the proj-ects in this year’s Senior Design Conference are aimed at addressing our generation’s most pressing environmental and social problems,” said Laughlin Barker, a mechanical engineer-ing and environmental studies double major.

Barker and his teammates Darcy Marumoto, Matthew Neber, Criselle Olaes and Joseph Val-dez were awarded an Honorable Mention at the Environmental Protection Agency’s P3 Design Conference in Washington DC this April for their design of a low-profile solar tracker with hybridized control.

Community Choir Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary

On Friday, the Santa Clara Chorale cele-brated its 50 year anniversary in a gala event at Santa Clara’s historic Mission Church. The sold-out evening concert was conducted by all four of the Chorale’s artistic directors – Lynn Shurtle", Thomas Colohan, Ryan James Bran-dau and Dr. David J. Wilson, who originally founded the Chorale. The Santa Clara Chorale was joined by Symphony Silicon Valley, as well as the university’s own Chamber Singers and Concert Choir. Musical selections included Carl Or" ’s “Carmina Burana” (most famous for its opening movement “O Fortuna”), Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” and Brahms’ “Schicksalslied.”

The Santa Clara Chorale is a Silicon Valley community choir that was formed in 1962; they have toured abroad extensively, performing in prestigious venues such as England’s Coventry Cathedral, the New Opera House in Tel Aviv, and New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Senior Jo-sephine Huynh a soprano in the Santa Clara Concert Choir, was pleased to see the culmi-nation of over half a quarter’s worth of hard work pay o" at the concert. “For such a big production, we actually had to learn our music pretty fast,” said Huynh. “It was definitely a lot of fun. The music is very exciting and, at times, also very moving.”

Universtiy Announces Rank and Tenure Awards

President Michael Engh, S.J., announced on April 9 the professors that were awarded tenure, associate professor and full professor ranks. In the announcement, Engh congratu-lated 18 professors that were awarded higher teaching positions.

Two professors from the engineering and philosophy departments were awarded tenure positions. Six professors were awarded associ-ate professor positions within the anthropolo-gy, law, biology, philosophy, art, and accounting departments of the university, and professors were awarded full professor positions, ranging from the English, communication, law, psychol-ogy, anthropology, economics, theatre, math-ematics, and accounting departments.

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CORRECTIONS

ASG Undecided on Election, page 1 May 3

The article incorrectly spelled the name of the ASG presidential candidate. The correct spelling is Jenna Saso.

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PULSE BENEFIT CONCERT Alcohol Related Medical Emergency5/5: A former student was re-ported ill due to excessive alcohol consumption in Benson Center women’s room. CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. The victim was transported to Valley Medical Center by paramedics.

Bike Theft5/3: An unsecured bicycle was re-ported stolen from outside of the University Villas Apartments.

Drug Violation5/8: Students were found in pos-session of marijuana, parapherna-lia and alcoholic beverages in their room. All items were confiscated and disposed of.

Fire Alarm Activation5/8: A Swig Hall fire alarm was activated by burned food in a mi-crowave in a resident’s room. CSS responded.

Found Property5/3: A credit card was found and turned in to the CSS o2ce. 5/4: A calculator was found and turned in to the CSS o2ce. 5/4: A bib and a pair of sunglasses were found and turned in to the CSS o2ce. 5/5: An iPhone was found and turned in to the CSS o2ce. 5/9: Cash was found and turned in to the CSS o2ce.

Informational Report5/6: A vehicle was found damaged while parked on Accolti Way. CSS responded to document the inci-dent.5/7: A female student reported be-ing touched on her knee without her permission by an unknown male outside of Malley Fitness under the guise of athletic train-ing. CSS responded and attempted to locate the unknown male, who had already left the area. 5/7: The tennis storage area was reported as possibly being broken into. Several items inside the stor-age had been moved or knocked over. Nothing was apparently missing.

Medical Emergency5/3: A student was reported hav-ing a possible concussion during dance practice in Performing Arts. CSS, SCU EMS and SCFD responded. 5/5: A student injured his knee while participating in flag football on Bellomy Field. CSS responded. He was transported to O’Connor

Hospital by his parents. 5/5: A student was reported feel-ing ill and in need of medical as-sistance. CSS and SCU EMS re-sponded. 5/5: A student reported feeling ill due to an earlier head injury. CSS and SCU EMS responded. 5/6: A student reported having an irregular heartbeat. CSS and SCU EMS responded. The student was transported to Kaiser Hospital by a friend. 5/6: A student injured her ankle while playing soccer and requested medical assistance. CSS and SCU EMS responded. 5/7: A student lost consciousness while attending class in O’Connor Hall. CSS, SCFD and paramed-ics responded. The student was transported to Kaiser Hospital by paramedics. Notifications made.5/8: A faculty member injured himself while playing indoor soc-cer in Malley Center. CSS, SCFD and paramedics responded. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital by paramedics.

Student Behavior5/5: Two non-a2liate guests were intoxicated and distraught and attempting to call their host who resides in Swig Hall. CSS was able to locate their host student who was also intoxicated in her room. Resident Life sta" was notified.

Suspicious Person5/3: A non-a2liate male was ob-served attempting to gain entry into the tennis courts and acting suspiciously. He fled the area when noticing CSS sta".

Theft5/4: An iPad was reported stolen from a resident’s room. 5/4: Another iPad was reported stolen from a resident’s room. The student later stated that she and other students who lost their iPads confronted a student suspect who admitted to taking their iPads.5/8: A hand sanitizer dispenser was reported stolen from the first floor Casa Italiana.

Trespassing5/5: A non-a2liate male was ob-served loitering outside of Benson Center in the middle of the night. SCPD was contacted and respond-ed. He was arrested for violation of failure to register with local police.

Vandalism5/8: Gra2ti was found on the east wall of the Mayer Theatre and on a trash container by the building.

From Campus Safety Reports. Email news@thesantaclara.com.

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Jenna Saso dances in the grass outside the Locatelli Student Activities Center, at the PULSE Benefit Concert Sunday, May 6. Students enjoyed the music of three local DJs, while raising money for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

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Employment rates rise as start-ing salaries fallElizabeth Ambriz-Mendez

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Santa Clara students seek-ing jobs or internships may find themselves stressed out due to the implications of unemployment. The United States generated only 115,000 jobs last month, well be-low expectations, and the least since October.

The unemployment rate also fell to 8.1 percent, but for the wrong rea-son: workers abandoned the labor force. The government only counts people as unemployed if they’re actively looking for work. In April 340,000 Americans stopped looking and dropped out of the labor force, which is why the unemployment rate fell slightly. The dropouts mean only 63.6 percent of working-age Americans were working or look-ing for work, the lowest percent-age since 1981. And in California the unemployment rate is currently 11 percent, its lowest in three years.

Chintan Desai is a finance major who is weeks away from graduating. He said the decreased amount of pay for new hires will increase the pressure on seniors to pay o" their school loans. And if the government increases the interest rate on sub-sidized loans, this pressure might grow even more unsettling.

“Seniors deciding to attend graduate school instead of looking for a full time job will be adding on more loans, and they don’t realize companies aren’t looking to hire grad students that don’t have ex-perience,” said Desai. Dr. Kenneth Faulve-Montojo of the Santa Clara political science department is cur-rently teaching a course focused on U.S. economic policies. According to him, the faltering of growth in the economy spells out trouble for

President Obama’s re-election en-deavors.

“History shows that if the unem-ployment rate isn’t below 7 percent, then the incumbents don’t make it,” said Faulve-Montojo.

According to Faulve-Montojo, it is too early to discern the trend. Fig-uring out the reasons for unemploy-ment is important to understand economic problems.

Even if President Obama was to think of ways to improve the econ-omy, Republicans may not be very willing to help.

“They don’t like Obama and wouldn’t want to do anything that could help him in November,” said Faulve-Montojo.

Obama’s Republican opponent,

Mitt Romney, said the country should be adding 500,000 jobs a month and that any unemployment rate above 4 percent is “not cause for celebration.” The rate has not been that low seen since the last days of the Clinton administration.

“We seem to be slowing down, not speeding up,” Romney said on Fox News Channel. “This is not progress.”

Faulve-Montojo believes the United States may be getting bet-ter at producing the same amount of goods with fewer resources and less labor, at the cost of jobs that no longer pay as well.

Desai worked at Cisco over the summer, and said that candidates applying with a few years expe-rience in addition to a graduate degree are more likely to get an interview in comparison to those with only an MBA. Desai also thinks juniors and sophomores should be concerned that if employers aren’t willing to o"er as many internships, students won’t have the experience necessary to beat their competition when the time comes to apply for jobs.

“Companies view time as money and if they spend more time on in-terns rather than hiring full time employees, they’re going to feel like they’re not adding value to their company,” said Desai.

Contact Elizabeth Ambriz-Mendez at eambrizmendez@scu.edu or (408)554-4849. Paul Wiseman and Christopher S. Rugaber of the Associated Press contributed to this article.

Seniors Prep for Dwindling Jobs

Presidential can-didate fights dis-qualification

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The Associated Student Govern-ment elections have come to an of-ficial close with the announcement of Jenna Saso and Matt MacDonald as president and vice president.

An email from the election com-mittee head, Lindsay Gray, outlined a total vote tally of 1,624, a turnout of almost 30 percent of the student body. The email also detailed the reasoning for the disqualification of Robert Leupp and Alex Sola-Guin-to, who received 590 votes, a close enough margin to require a runo" under normal circumstances.

Even though the elections have closed, a group of students plan to attempt to get a recall, which would nullify the results and require an-other election.

Leupp and Sola-Guinto were dis-qualified for a total of three viola-tions, and the email also said that his ticket had seven minor infractions. The final violation came on election day, when individuals a2liated with the candidates were observed en-couraging voting in Benson.

The student who was observed in Benson, senior Alex Arezzini, who is a member of the same fraternity as Leupp, said that he was just going through Benson to get some food when he saw his friend who hadn’t voted yet, and he showed her how to log on to eCampus and get to the

election polls.“I don’t know how that can be

construed as me campaigning in Benson.” said Arezzini.

According to Gray, the incidence was not the sole reason for the dis-qualification, but an example of the behavior.

“When it came to the third viola-tion… that instance is not solely to blame, it was several related inci-dents all having to do with illegal campaigning in Benson and the li-brary on election day,” she said.

The election code states that candidates are responsible for the actions of individuals who act on their behalf during the campaign, regardless of whether or not they were sanctioned by the candidates. This is so candidates have to take responsibility for their campaigns and not claim innocence by deny-ing involvement, according to Gray.

Chief Justice Gareth Morl, said that Arezzini’s actions of entering Benson and encouraging voting, regardless of whether or not he was encouraging voting for Leupp, was enough to get a violation.

“We would say that any knowl-edgeable or normal person would understand that there was a strong affiliation between Alex and the candidates, and for that reason, we see it as a method of endorsement,” he said.

The three violations that ulti-mately led to the disqualification of Leupp and Sola- Guinto were the aforementioned illegal cam-paigning, chalking more than the approved space limits and having a display of posters in dormitories.

Contact Matthew Rupel at mrupel@scu.edu (408) 554-4849.

Saso Named Election Winner

Lieutenant Matt Hogan of the Santa Clara Police Department said that dangerous incidents such as this one are the reason why cooperation with the police is essential for any large party.

“We want to ensure students’ safety,” said Hogan. If there’s alcohol related misconduct, or, in some cases, the involvement of minors, we don’t want to see someone become a victim or put themselves in jeopardy.” Hogan stressed that while par-

tying is a common activity for college students, police involve-ment is sometimes necessary to prevent accidents.

“I was a college student myself once. I understand… that’s not lost on us,” said Hogan. “However, when you introduce alcohol into the situation, sometimes judg-ment gets clouded, and we feel a responsibility to make sure things are appropriately handled.”

Contact Joseph Forte at jforte@scu.edu or (408) 554-4849.

Students partied at “Cinco de Alviso” day party on Saturday. Although some went overboard with drinking, overall students were smart while enjoying the Spring sun.

TREVOR WRIGHT

Police Aid at Day Party

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“We seem to be slowing down, not

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Feliz Moreno

Michael Erkelens and Nick Ostiller

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The relationship between Northern California and Southern California is like

a sibling rivalry. But clearly every-one knows NorCal is better.

Southern California commonly thinks it is a significantly better place than NorCal only because there are more movies filmed there. However, as a lifetime NorCal girl, I adamantly disagree.

The rivalry goes back to the end of the 19th century when the city of Los Angeles began to grow too big for it’s water supply. This meant that water was funneled from Nor-Cal and the Colorado river. North-ern Californians have resented their lower half ever since.

I love to listen to the reasons SoCal residents think their half of the state is better. One of the top reasons listed is almost always the beaches. Maybe they do have a handful of nice beaches, but NorCal does too.

Not to mention, we have Yosem-ite National Park, Lassen National Park and Redwood National For-est. If you still aren’t sold on the fact that NorCal has more natural beauty, I have two words for you: Lake Tahoe. Meanwhile a majority of Southern California is desert, so have fun feeling like you are in an oven if you want to live there.

Not only is the geography and

the scenery better, but the people are more down to earth. SoCal has too many rich, snobby celebrities and people who do little more than tan and go to the beach. And as soon as you cross into the south side of the 35th parallel it’s like people for-get how to wash their hair. And the bro population down south is a lot more prominent.

Not to mention that when Cali-fornia was Mexican territory, the government would have to bribe people to live there. Nobody want-ed to live in a desert wasteland in the middle of nowhere. Thus, L.A. became a refuge for criminals and outcasts.

NorCal on the other hand was settled in 1849 when the Gold Rush brought people West. Not only did

NorCal have the prosperous re-sources, but it also had the pros-perous minerals.

San Francisco has always been the place to be. Its location on the bay made it accessible to trade routes from all over the world. The city has welcomed a huge number of immigrants over the years and has been home to a diverse commu-nity and the Golden Gate bridge. The only other American symbol signifying the American promise land as well as the Golden Gate is the Statue of Liberty.

The Bay Area has served as the creative inspiration for many au-thors, poets and other intellectuals. It was home to movements such as the San Francisco Renaissance and the free speech movement.

SoCal may be able to lay claim to Hollywood, but it can also claim the 1992 Rodney King riots. Los Angeles is also the 10th most segre-gated city in the U.S. as of the 2010 census. How nice.

And if we are going to talk about Los Angeles, we have to talk about the smog. As an asthmat-ic, my lungs su!er just thinking about that city. We also can’t for-get about the tra"c. Even native

SoCal residents have to admit we have them beat in that

aspect.SoCal may have

Hollywood, but NorCal has the capital city. The capital may have changed locations five times, but none of those locations was in the south. We govern SoCal. We also have the Bay Area. The Bay Area — which is too expansive to be nar-rowed to a city — has a vast amount of resources and also harbors the Silicon Valley. Do I need to reiter-ate the importance of the Silicon Valley to American technological development? I don’t think so.

We also have more sports teams. We have the Raiders, the 49ers, the Giants, the A’s, the Warriors and the Kings. So what if most of these teams suck most of the time, what is great is the variety.

And the fans are loyal. SoCal may have the Los Angeles Lakers and the LA Dodgers, but they also have the San Diego Chargers so lets not get too cocky.

If NorCal didn’t supply all of SoCal’s water, most of Southern California would be desolate and barren. So NorCal is the land of fresh air, fresh water, food, trees, cool people and the best weed in the nation. I don’t know how it gets any better. Oh, that’s right, it doesn’t.

Feliz Moreno is a sophomore English major and editor of the Opinion section.

Celebrate Your Mom SustainablyDon’t panic, you haven’t

missed Mother’s Day. You still have three days to de-

cide what you are going to do before Sunday rolls around.

For the past month there have been constant commercials on TV about what your mom really wants for Mother’s Day — jewelry, flowers, a car and a card with a cliché quote on it. But instead of trying to buy your mom something this year, consider all of the things you could do with your mom, for your mom, or make her that she would love and appreciate even more than things with a price tag on them.

I know we are no longer kin-dergarteners (even though we still take afternoon naps like we are) who are ecstatic to bring home an indecipherable drawing or a maca-roni craft project, but your mom would still love to have something you made, even if it doesn’t look all that great.

We could all learn a little something from our former selves who never hesitated to bring home projects declaring our love for our mothers and demanding it be at-tached to the fridge.

You can make a beautiful gift that your mom will love from objects lying around your room or things you would have thrown out anyway. Instead of opting for a store-bought card, break out the construction paper and glue. Write a nice note or a letter, not through email or typing it, but actually sit down and write it on nice paper. You can use cardboard that would be recycled and cover it in con-struction paper, wrapping paper or any other material you have around to spruce it up.

If you are better at making things on a computer, make a short video or slideshow with pictures of your family and some nice music that sets the scene or is a family classic. You can also make a collage of favorite family photos.

If you will be able to be with your mom on Mother’s Day, one of the easiest things to do is to just ask her what she wants to do. There is no guesswork and she’s guaranteed to love it. If you can’t make it home, you can send a pic-ture of your favorite family trip or memory with your mom instead. You can also plant flowers for her, take a walk or do some other activ-ity that your mom enjoys.

Be creative! Look around and think of all of the things you can make out of the objects around you that would make your mom smile. No matter what you do just remember that Mother’s Day isn’t about buying something to prove you love her. It’s about celebrating your mom and your relationship with her.

Mandy Ferreira is a junior communication and environmental studies major and managing editor for The Santa Clara.

The NorCal Versus SoCal Rivalry

Southern California or North-ern California? Is this even a question? Clearly SoCal

is much more awesome than its northern counterpart.

First, it must be made clear we are not saying that northern California is a bad place in any way. Most SoCal kids that go to school here at Santa Clara clearly like it enough to leave their home to spend four years up here.

What we are trying to say is that having lived in both areas, we are much more qualified to describe the much more “awesome” nature of SoCal over NorCal.

It would stand to reason that the better location would attract a larger amount of residents. So-Cal’s population according to the US Census Bureau is 23,418,460, while only 14,874,227 people reside in the north. In this argument we are using the 35’46 N parallel line, which defines a border marking the transition between the locations commonly referred to SoCal and NorCal.

Despite the much higher cost of living in SoCal, people choose to remain in the area. Why is this? The economic size of the two re-gions, when looking at the mean household income for the allotted counties above and below the 35th parallel, shows that the average So-Cal income is about $49,000 com-pared to NorCal’s $47,000.

The major distinction is in value creation, according to the Califor-nia government. Despite major companies with superior company valuations being headquartered in the north, the southern region

of the state equates to an economic ad-dition of roughly $1.1 trillion, while NorCal has an eco-nomic value of about $700 billion.

That would make SoCal the second largest economy in the country behind the state of Texas. NorCal ranks fifth on this list.

Now to a subject for which So-Cal is continually vilified. Accord-ing to UC Davis and the Center for Watershed Sciences, despite the increasing population of Southern California, it remains one of the lowest per capita consumption in the state.

Yes, we know we take it from di!erent places: about 50 percent from NorCal and 50 percent from the Colorado River. Yet the major-ity of that water is being purposed for agriculture, which feeds the entire state.

What about our sports teams? Not only do they help solidify the amazing legacy and place that is SoCal, but they are so much more dominant than NorCal teams. Los Angeles was given the incredible honor representing our nation to the world for the 1932 and 1984 summer Olympics.

The Dodgers, who just beat Tim Lincecum and the Giants last night to maintain their first place stand-ing over San Francisco, have won the World Series five times in Los Angeles. The Angels defeated none other than the Giants in the 2002 World Series.

T h e basketball com-parison should not even be mentioned because it is so one-sided, but we’ll talk about it anyways.

The Lakers, who defeated the Warriors in each of the four times they played this season, have won 11 championships in Los Angeles. The Warriors have one title dur-ing their 40 years in the Bay Area. The Sacramento Kings have none. While the Lakers and Clippers are currently in the playo!s, the War-riors and Kings are watching from the couch. Typical.

The only Kings that are in the playo!s are members of the Los Angeles hockey team, who defeated the same squad that knocked out the San Jose Sharks a few weeks ago.

The Anaheim Ducks are the only California team to ever win the Stanley Cup, which they did in 2007. NorCal may have the Oak-land Raiders, but they were the Los Angeles Raiders when they won their last Super Bowl.

As far as physical location goes, SoCal has NorCal beat. Big time.

Yes, we know it’s green up here, but what else is there? SoCal o!ers ev-

ery landscape imaginable apart from rainforest.

You can traverse rolling hills or ex-

plore sprawling valleys. There

are deserts of soft sand

and beautiful rock forma-tions, all just

a short drive f r o m t h e

M e d i t e r r a -nean climate

that the rest of the country wishes it had.

When it comes to beaches, Nor-cal is no match for SoCal. SoCal beaches continuously rank among the world’s best and host not only world-class surfing, but the water is warm enough for people to enjoy swimming in it.

With annual average tem-peratures around 68, compared to NorCal’s 57, SoCal’s weather is superior. In SoCal, 78 percent of the days in a year are sunny with an annual average temperature in the 70s. How nice is that?

If these aren’t enough reasons why Southern California is better that Northern California, well then you’re in luck because there’s one more: We don’t say “hella.”

Michael Erkelens is a senior marketing major and photo editor of The Santa Clara. Nick Ostiller is a sophomore communication major and editor of the Sports section.

FACE OFF

6 / Opinion T#$ S%&'% C(%)% Thursday, May 10, 2012

Michael Erkelens Eric Bates

For 78 weeks over the past four years I have been given the incredible honor and privi-

lege of recording the history of not only my journey through Santa Clara, but our collective history over the years. Those 78 issues have helped define many of the events of our college life. Being the photo edi-tor for our schools newspaper has been among the most stressful and exhilarating experiences of my life.

In my time at The Santa Clara I have never truly written an article, except maybe a few poorly spelled descriptions of a photo. I will, how-ever, adamantly argue that my job along with that of my photographers and the campus safety report have been the main reasons that most of you have picked up any newspapers in the past four years.

Sixteen years ago when I came to this country from Guatemala, I could have never fathomed the opportunities presented to me in these past four years. Being a CF for three years, traveling the world with Global Fellows and meeting the most distinguished guests are just some of the gifts that this school has given me. Above all, I could have never imagined the incredible rela-tionships I would gain while being here, especially at the paper.

It has been the support of my friends that have created my drive to work for hours on end to do what I love. My best friend Brent deserves specific credit for being the person in my life to challenge me to be bet-ter than I am. Yes I know its sappy bromance at its best, but it is this friendship that I hope that every single person at this school finds. It is this type of friendships that make us become the adults that we are

meant to become.My role on the paper has shown

me that being a student is not the only goal of coming here. Being a Santa Clara student is about defin-ing the very foundation of who we will be in the future. Getting to work with the most dedicated individuals at this school has been my inspi-ration for the type of individual I hope to be.

I desperately want to write the countless inside jokes and major list all of the people that have made my photo editorship the best experi-ence, but lets be honest you would all just skip them. So I would like to thank the men and women of The Santa Clara from my four years. I hope you each know how much I have cherished every late night and every argument and laugh that I have shared with you. I do have to say an incredible thank you to the two individuals that have been by my side for my time here at the paper, Ryan Selewicz and Samantha Juda. You two have made my job one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things of my life. Next week will be one of the saddest, yet proud-est moments as you two take over the reigns of what you have helped create.

If a picture is a thousand words then a friendship is invaluable, and I have gained more than any person deserves. Thank you Santa Clara. You will always be in my heart, es-pecially Thursdays at the crack of dawn. Just remember, photos are the reason why everyone picks up the paper!

Michael Erkelens is a senior marketing major and photo editor of The Santa Clara.

Las Vegas has been described as the adult playground of the world. I agree. For those

of you who have never been 21 in Vegas and think you have an idea of what it is like, let me correct you: Las Vegas is one of the greatest places in the world and my favorite place to visit. It is also the saddest place I’ve ever been. We have all encountered flawed representa-tions of the city through movies, television and books, but actually being there is an entirely di!er-ent beast.

You may wake up in a room that is fraught with the stench of alcohol and a post-coital mixture of opprobrium and latex. Despite the amazing night you had staying out until 6:20 in the morning par-tying, you will be forced to spend your next four to five hours asleep in your bed, in the fetal position, if not over the toilet of the hotel bathroom.

When you do make it up out of bed, you will waste no time in finding the nearest bu!et and will mainline food like you haven’t seen it in months.

Gambling, which I do exces-sively and compulsively, is a ritu-alistic discipline which is hard to conceptualize and explain, but I will try anyway.

When you sit down at a table a feeling of freed sensual pleasure from mental interference engulfs you. You will find no hunger for life beyond the immediacies of free alcohol, air and money. Although euphoria is common at a table, it soon disappears when you lose all of your money, which happens far too often to most people.

You may lose $200, but at least

your drunk from an exorbitant amount of free alcohol, which is like winning anyway.

I don’t think that I will ever be able to determine whether Las Vegas is marred because of its Ca-ligulian excesses or if that is what makes it beautiful.

Unfortunately, it is easy to fall into an addiction to this life style, which will only briefly supply a pal-try amount of solace.

When you leave and look back on your trip, you will feel like you were an accomplice in some type

of edgy perversion that transcends real life. It is because you have.

Eric Bates is a senior political science major.

For those of us who haven’t been to Vegas our perceptions of the city are skewed by movies like “The Hangover.” Sometimes experiencing Vegas really is that crazy though.

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Senior Snapshots Experiencing the Sin City

Articles in the Opinion section represent the views of the individual authors only and not the views of The Santa Clara or Santa Clara University.

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Capstone class produces film on student ex-felon

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Studying for fall quarter finals in the journalism lab, seniors Vanessa Delgado and Wesley Culver noticed another student studying in the lab as well. Night after night, they studied side by side until they were finally introduced one evening.

Colter White, a 41-year-old com-munication major with full-arm tat-toos who spent time in San Quentin State Prison, shared his story with them. He told Delgado and Culver what he had gone through in the prison system and his frustrations with the rehabilitation process — or lack thereof.

After hearing White’s story,

Delgado, Culver and fellow se-nior communication major Chloe Fitzmaurice knew they had found their senior capstone topic and started researching for their new documentary, “American Colter.”

The film centers on life after prison, referencing Colter’s expe-rience as an anomaly. Not many ex–felons make it to a university like Santa Clara, or to any college at all.

“We think the money should be moved to the rehabilitation process, not into the prison system,” said Delgado.

White was fortunate that he had family to support him after he was released, but many ex-felons are not so lucky.

There is no concrete system in place to help prisoners after their release, and many are placed back into the same community.

Throughout the filming process, Delgado, Culver and Fitzmaurice have grown very close with White. They hang out every day and have met each other’s families.

“Colter is so charismatic; he brings so much to the plate,” said Fitzmaurice. And White feels the same way about them.

“This group has changed my life tremendously,” said White. “They are fantastic, energetic, extremely funny, extremely serious and I don’t feel judged by them at all.”

Additionally, White said the project has opened doors for him to meet a lot of new people, not to mention made him very popular in the communication department.

The project has become “bigger than just a capstone” said Delgado.

The project has generated lots of interest on campus and beyond. Their documentary’s trailer, which has been posted on YouTube, has over one thousand views, and their Facebook page has over 100 likes.

Additionally, the group started an online campaign to raise money to film on location in Alaska, where White spent his teenage years in foster care and at a youth reha-bilitation center. On Monday, they

reached their goal of raising $2,500, and are now going to Alaska at the end of next week.

Delgado, Culver and Fitzmaurice have already traveled to Boulder Creek, Calif. where Colter currently lives, and to Chico, Calif. where he received his first two strikes.

Throughout their trips to these di!erent locations, they have in-terviewed his parents and friends.

The filmmakers are excited to release the 20-minute documen-

tary.White said that he is nervous,

but excited to see how the film is received.

The movie will be screened on campus June 14 at the Genesis Film Festival at Santa Clara. The group also hopes to submit it to other fes-tivals this summer.

Contact Liz Wassmann at ewassmann@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

Wes Culver, Vanessa Delgado and Chloe Fitzmaurice look through their footage for their documentary, “American Colter” (above). The film focuses on Colter White, an ex-felon and graduating senior (left), to campaign for an improved rehabilitation process.

COURTESY OF VANESSA DELGADO

The Career Center has recently received many fraudulent job postings. They typically request confidential information, such as bank account and Social Security numbers.

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Documenting One Student’s Second Chance

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Santa Clara’s Career Center has recently come under the fire of scam job postings — a problem that has been occurring on many campuses throughout the country.

With more frequent attacks, the Career Center must constantly re-view postings to ensure legitimacy.

Some postings may appear legiti-mate because they use unauthor-ized company trademarks or other copyrighted material, according to Elspeth Rossetti, director of the Ca-reer Center. With that in mind, it is possible for some of these fraudu-lent postings to slip through.

Students are asked to be aware of this issue and exercise caution when applying for jobs.

The Career Center has o!ered some tips to recognize scam post-ings:

Contact Michael Rosa at mrosa@scu.edu.

Fraudulent Job Postings Pop Up On CampusAvoid scam job postings with tips from

Career Center:Essentials to avoid a job posting scam:• Don’t give personal bank ac-

count information, PayPal ac-count information or credit card numbers.

• Don’t let potential employers direct depost any funds or pay-checks into any of your personal accounts — you should know them first.

• Don’t forward, transfer or “wire” any money to a potential em-ployer using your personal ac-counts.

• Don’t respond to any “too good to be true” job emails.

• If you suspect that a posting is not legitimate, contact the Ca-reer Center.

Common signs of job posting scams:• If they correspond with non-

company email accounts• If there are misspellings and

grammatical errors• If there is no specified job loca-

tion• If they request your Social Secu-

rity number or any other finan-cial information

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Asilomar State Beach is ideal site for warm weather

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Santa Clara is fortunate to be within easy traveling distance to multiple beaches; however, one of my all-time favorite beaches to visit is Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, Calif., located about 76 miles south from campus.

We all need a little rest and re-laxation every now and then, and Asilomar State Beach is one of those places that seem to make all those little stresses and worries magically disappear — at least just for the day.

The beautiful white sand beach o!ers breathtaking ocean views, and it is easy to lay out and relax as the waves methodically take your stress out to sea. If you are lucky, you might spy a whale or two.

If you are looking for an easy and

relaxing activity, Asilomar State Beach has particularly good tide pools. During low tide, the tide pools are filled with all sorts of interesting sea creatures. From sea anemones to hermit crabs, snails to starfish to an occasional eel or two, the pools are little ecosystems.

Asilomar also o!ers an amazing quarter-mile of boardwalk through 25 acres of sand dunes. This easy walk leads from the beach up to the Asilomar Conference Center, origi-nally a women’s retreat envisioned by a small handful of women from the Young Women’s Christian As-sociation in 1913 and designed by Julia Morgan, the female architect who designed, among other things, Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif.

Please note that there are no picnic or bathroom facilities at the beach. But that doesn’t mean you can’t picnic! Stop by the local gro-cery store and pick up some sand-wiches and cool drinks to enjoy. But beware of the seagulls: they have a strong sense of entitlement and will gladly take your food from you.

A bonus for you dog lovers: Asi-

lomar State Beach welcomes dogs, so you will definitely see lots of Frisbees and dogs frolicking in the waves.

Make sure to bring lots of sun-screen and water with you during your visit, as well as a sweatshirt for the typically cooler evenings.

Do not be discouraged by the slight chill in the air because you will not want to miss the sunset. Asilomar State Beach o!ers one of the most amazing sunsets around, and visitors and locals alike gather on the beach and at lookout points to watch the sky transform into a multicolored light display.

Contact Lauren Bonney at lbonney@scu.edu.

The quarter-mile boardwalk is one highlight of Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, Calif., located 76 miles south from the Santa Clara campus. Other highlights include tide pools and the Asilomar Conference Center, designed by woman architect Julia Morgan.

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How do you deal with seasonal allergies?

Question of the Week by Sarina

Caragan

Russell Wetherley, ’14

“I blow my nose in my handy dandy handkerchief.”

Lakreshea Watts, ’14

“Avoid outside and don’t go to class!”

Malika Williams, ’14

“Seasonal aller-gies? What are those?!”

Andrea Martinez, ’13

“I’m pro-medicine. Give me the pills!”

Felix Noel Rivera, ’12

“If I sneeze, I try to inconspicuously wipe my snot on my jeans.”

Asilomar State Beach

Adjacent to Sunset Dr. and Asilomar Ave.Pacific Grove, Calif.

Scene Spotlight

Lauren’s Locales: White Sand, Rich History

MICHAEL ERKELENS — THE SANTA CLARA

Be sure to visit this awesome aquarium and enjoy the sea otter exhibit, penguin feedings and indoor touch pools. Also, check out the new jelly fish exhibit, “The Jellies Experience,” where visi-tors can come face to face with these exquisite, yet sometimes deadly creatures.

886 Cannery RowMonterey, Calif. 93940(831) 648-4800

Wander along this historical street, named for the now-closed sardine canning factories located along the waterfront strip. Peek into some of the quirky shops and restaurants, including Mackerel Jack’s Trading Co., Steinbeck Plaza and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Cannery RowMonterey, Calif.

This grove of pine and eucalyptus trees is the home to thousands of migrating monarch butterflies that overwinter right in Pacific Grove. If you are unable to see them when they hatch in late summer and early fall, it is still a great place to stroll outside and enjoy the fresh ocean air.

Ridge Road, between Lighthouse Avenue and Short StreetPacific Grove, Calif.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cannery Row

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

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5/10 | THURSDAY

42nd Annual Engineering Senior Design Conference Time: 2 p.m. Location: Sullivan Engineering CenterInfo: Visit the conference to enjoy the mix of hands-on experiences and theoretical learning that en-gineering majors exhibit through their senior design projects.

Reclaim and Celebrate St. Clare of AssisiTime: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Location: St. Clare Room, Learn-ing Commons; Mission ChurchInfo: Visit the conference to enjoy the mix of hands-on experiences and theoretical learning that en-gineering majors exhibit through their senior design projects.

5/11 | FRIDAY

Chinese Student Association’s 10th Annual Culture Show: “Noth-ing Left Unsaid”Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.Location: Mayer Theater Info: The show will feature dance and acting performances by CSA members and a special kung-fu demonstration by a local guest troupe. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Roger Waters: The Wall LiveTime: 8:15 p.m.Location: AT&T Park, San Fran-ciscoInfo: Join Roger Waters as he re-incarnates the historic production of “The Wall.” Tickets available on Ticketmaster.

5/12 | SATURDAY

“9 Circles”Time: 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Location: Fess Parker Theatre, by Mayer TheatreInfo: The Department of Theatre and Dance will be holding their performance of “9 Circles,” a dramatic, compelling and visceral thriller inspired by the actual events of a young American sol-dier on trial for his life.

Apo Keao: 34th Annual Lu’auTime: 12 p.m., 6:30 p.m.Location: Locatelli Student Activi-ties Center Info: Join Ka Mana’o O Hawaii. Santa Clara’s Hawaiian student club, for their 34th annual lu’au, “Until the Night Turns to Day.” Tickets are $15 for the lunch showing and $30 for the dinner showing.

5/13 | SUNDAY

Mother’s Day at Santana RowTime: All dayLocation: Santana Row Info: Celebrate Mom at various Santana Row restaurants with special menus designed just for Mother’s Day. Call early to make reservations.

Mexicanismo through Artists’ EyesTime: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Location: San Jose Museum of ArtInfo: Mexican and Mexican-Amer-ican artists showcase their works that contrast high-brow and low-brow, drawing inspiration from folk art and popular culture.

Symphony Silicon Valley: Cel-ebrating Our Tenth!Time: 2:30 p.m.Location: California TheatreInfo: Symphony Silicon Valley celebrates their 10th anniversary with Bartok’s “Concerto for Or-chestra.” Tickets start at $40.

5/14 | MONDAY

Health and Wellness SurveyTime: All DayLocation: Your GroupWise inboxesInfo: Fill out the Health and Well-ness survey, sponsored by the Wellness Center, and you could win 1 of 29 gift cards for Amazon or Safeway!

Swap for Good: Shop for Free!Time: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.Location: Benson ParlorsInfo: Bring your old clothes and other items, and swap and shop with other Santa Clara students.

5/15 | TUESDAY

American Red Cross Public Blood DriveTime: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.Location: Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterInfo: Visit the website for registra-tion!

Difficult DialoguesTime: 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m.Location: Wlliman Room, Benson CenterInfo: Discuss freedom of speech as manifested in recent events, including cyberbullying.

5/16 | WEDNESDAY

Information Technology Leader-ship ProgramTime: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Location: Lucas Hall 106Info: Learn how to think strategi-cally and lead effectively within the IT function.

Building Trust for Global Collabo-rationTime: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Location: Lucas Hall 107 Info: Explore how cultural dif-ferences affect trust in global organizations.

5/17 | THURSDAY

Define American: Undocumented Immingration and the Future of the CountryTime: 7 p.m.Location: Malley Center Court 1Info: Join Antonio Vargas in his conversation around immigration.

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TOP REASONS TO LEAVE YOUR COUCH THIS WEEK

To suggest events for the calendar please contact Kaveri Gyanendra at: calendar@thesantaclara.com.

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SEE ENGINEERING, 5/10

10 / Sports T!" S#$%# C&#'# Thursday, May 10, 2012

Relief pitcher tests positive for another banned substance

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San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.

The commissioner’s o(ce said the 38-year-old right-hander tested posi-tive for Clenbuterol. In Nov. 2006, while with the New York Mets, Mota was suspended for the first 50 games of the next season.

Mota’s agent Adam Katz said in a statement that the Clenbuterol was in children’s cough medicine.

“Players are responsible for what they put in their bodies. Guillermo understands that,’’ Katz said. “A 100-game suspension for taking a children’s cough medicine that con-tains trace amounts of a prohibited substance, which is what happened here, is severe and unfair and does not reflect the intention of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Pro-gram. We will appeal it.’’

Many Santa Clara students are Giants fans, and have expressed their frustration with the suspension.

“I’m disappointed in Mota in the aspect that he is a pretty good relief pitcher and I’m kind of disappointed that he had to rely on performance enhancing drugs to, you know, better himself in pitching,” said junior An-drew Dugoni, a self-proclaimed die-hard Giants fan. “We’ve been plagued by injury and this is just adding more problems to our problem-filled line-up. The Giants need to get back on track and this is just not helping.

The Major League Baseball Play-

ers Association filed a grievance chal-lenging the suspension that will be heard by an arbitrator. Under the MLB’s drug agreement, grievances for initial positive tests are heard before a suspension is announced, but cases involving second or third positives are argued after the penalty is made public.

Clenbuterol acts as a stimulant, increasing heart rate. In medicine, it is used to treat asthma. Like some steroids, the drug also has anabolic e)ects. Athletes and body builders use it to build muscle and burn fat.

Outfielder Manny Ramirez, now with the Oakland Athletics, and for-mer Giant Eliezer Alfonzo are the only previous players to test positive twice. No player has tested positive a third time, which would result in a lifetime ban.

Mota was 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA in nine games for the Giants this year. This is his 14th season in the majors.

Junior Chris Mora, a Dodgers fan, was happy with the news.

“Now it’s just more guaranteed that the Dodgers will capture the di-vision and World Series and crush the Giants,” said an optimistic Mora.

Mota has been a setup man and middle reliever throughout his long career. He is 39-45 with 10 saves in 726 games while playing with Mon-treal, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Flor-ida, Cleveland, the New York Mets, Milwaukee and San Francisco.

“Got rid of that guy just in time,” said Mora about Mota’s past stint with the Dodgers.

This is Mota’s third season with the Giants. He was with the Mets when he was previously suspended and missed the first 50 games of the 2007 season.

Contact Nick Ostiller at nostiller@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

San Francisco Giants’ relief pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended 100 games by Major League Baseball after he tested positive for a banned substance called Clenbuterol. This was the second time that Mota has been suspended for a positive drug test.

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Sophomore stand-out named WCC Player of the Year

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It has been quite some time since Santa Clara’s tennis program has seen a player of sophomore Katie Le’s caliber. Most current students at the school were around 11 years old the last time a Santa Clara wom-en’s tennis player was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2003. Before Christina Limbers (2003’s award winner), Santa Clara had never been awarded such an honor.

This year, Le brought the award back to Santa Clara after going 18-5 in the No. 1 singles spot all season and teaming up with junior Jessica Agra to earn an All-WCC First Team honor for doubles.

“I’m extremely happy to be named WCC player of the year,” said Le. “There are several deserv-ing players in our conference as well, and I am honored to have been picked as the player of the year.”

Le also earned Santa Clara’s first-ever individual bid to the NCAA Tournament for a men’s or women’s tennis player. She received an at-large bid to compete in the singles competition, which will take place May 23-28 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, GA.

Le’s standout performance this

season is a testament to her hard work ethic, as she has shown much improvement since her WCC Fresh-man of the Year campaign last sea-son.

“I feel like I’ve been working very hard this past year to improve areas of my game that I have been strug-gling with, along with my strength and conditioning,” said Le. “Now, it all seems to be paying o).”

The improvement has been no-ticeable. Le’s individual ranking soared as high as No. 38 this season for singles and she currently sits at No. 49 in the nation heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Fifth-year Head Coach Ben Ca-bell has been very proud of his soph-omore standout, and figured that it was only a matter of time before she achieved the chance to perform on the national stage.

“It was the goal since the end of last season,” said Cabell. “After her performance last year, we knew if she put in the hard work she could get to this day.”

As a recipient of an at-large bid, it was not guaranteed that Le would qualify for the NCAA Tournament, so the news that she had been se-lected was thrilling for her.

“I have been training all year long to maintain and improve my ranking in the hopes of playing in the NCAA tournament,” said Le.

Although Le has achieved one of her goals, she is certainly not set-tling.

“I am continuing to practice ev-eryday, and am also doing individual workouts on the side,” Le said. “I am also focusing on preparing mentally

to play in Georgia, which is an area I am unfamiliar with.”

Meanwhile, in addition to her performance on the court, Le has also held up a 3.81 grade point av-erage as a computer engineering major. The key, she explained, is a mastery of time management.

“I consider myself a very moti-

vated and focused person, and I’ve developed a work ethic that allows me to practice, finish my homework, while making time for having fun with friends,” Le said. “I rarely pro-crastinate, and in the end, balanc-ing tennis and schoolwork revolves around managing my time well.”

Le’s outstanding season on and

o) the court won’t end until after the NCAA Tournament. She will be up against the best in the nation, but she is also one of the best in the nation.

Contact Ryan Marshall at rmarshall@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

Sophomore Katie Le received the honor of West Coast Conference Player of the Year after her outstanding season. Le will also par-ticipate in the NCAA tournament in late May. She is the first women’s player from Santa Clara to be selected for the tournament.

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

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Laid back attitude permeates various spring sports

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The games are played on Bellomy Field or Malley Fitness Center. There are no small crowds. Players have to retrieve their own balls and must design their own uniforms — or are sentenced to a season in undersized, sweat-caked pennies.

This is the world of intramural sports.O)ered this quarter is three-versus-

three basketball, softball, tennis, soccer and triples volleyball. These athletes do not get scholarships or priority registra-tion. So why do they play?

“I personally choose to do intramurals because they give me the opportunity to take part in something physically com-petitive,” said senior Ian MacDonald, “an aspect of high school that I really miss.”

A lanky guard with a feathery shoot-ing touch from three-point range and

superb quickness, MacDonald plays on a three-on-three basketball team with juniors Nick Buckley, Jon Grambow and Jared Bradley.

Their team is undefeated in the three games they’ve played so far and are cur-rently entering the postseason. MacDon-ald insists that the team is just playing for fun, but he is expecting better competi-tion in the playo)s. Players have joined the spring sports for various reasons.

“I chose to do intramural sports to meet new people and have another fun thing to do with friends,” said senior Brent Daniels. “My first group was a vol-leyball team with some random people from Dunne fall quarter of my freshman year. I got a chance to get to know some of my best friends that way.”

One of the players he met was senior Brian Hogan, his current housemate.

“I have found that the program is unique in that it o)ers students the op-portunity to meet new people and de-velop friendships while also being able to play the sports that they love,” said Hogan.

Both Daniels and Hogan have prior experience playing volleyball.

Daniels played seven years of competi-tive volleyball starting in the sixth grade. He played club volleyball for four years in high school, and played two-man beach volleyball while honing his skills in the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for two summers. He has played international tournaments as a part of the US High Performance National Program.

Hogan began playing club volleyball in seventh grade and participated in both beach and indoor volleyball throughout high school.

Spencer Chavez is part of the club vol-leyball team at Santa Clara, but maintains that intramural soccer, which he had done for four years, has been an integral part of his Santa Clara experience.

“Our team originally started with a few guys in Dunne and we have been play-ing on the same men’s and coed team since freshman year,” said Chavez, whose sophomore squad won the men’s cham-pionship.

“It’s been a ton of fun and really added to my Santa Clara experience,” he said.

Contact Tom Schreier at tschreier@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

Santa Clara students compete in an intramural soccer game on Bellomy Field. Soccer is one of five sports offered in the spring, along with basketball, softball, tennis and volleyball. Any Santa Clara student can sign up for a team, with champions in each sport receiving a commemorative shirt.

RYAN SELEWICZ — THE SANTA CLARA

Intramurals Spring to Life

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The Russian native was named the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year.

What does winning the Freshman of the Year mean to you?I feel really honored to get that award. That what a great season for me so far. I’m looking forward to finishing strong at the NCAA

tournament. I couldn’t have gotten this award without my team and their support.

Who is you biggest role model?My biggest role model in sports is Marat Safin. He is a great athlete and entertainer. He made a lot of kids motivated to play tennis in Russia.

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STANDINGS

Baseball

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Softball

Team PCSC"CD** !OverallSaint+Mary’s .0–5 ,3–,.San+Diego ./–1 ,3–.2Sacramento+State .-–2 ,1–.2Loyola+Marymount .-–.- /,–,.CSU+Bakersfield 3–.5 ./–/2Santa!Clara &–#& ##–'"

Women’s Water Polo

Team WWPA*** OverallLoyola+Marymount ./–- ,-–2CSU+Bakersfield ./–0 ,5–.1CSU+East+Bay .,–1 .2–.,UC+San+Diego .-–/ ,.–.5Santa!Clara (–#% #%–$)CSU+Monterey+Bay 1–2 .4–.0Sonoma+State 3–./ .-–,/Colorado+State 0–.. 4–,,CSU+San+Bernardino -–.3 5–/1

*+West+Coast+Conferene**+Pacific+Coast+Softball+Conference+Coastal+Division***+Western+Water+Polo+Association

UPCOMING GAMES

Baseball

Santa!Clara!@!San!Francisco Fri"!#$%% &'((!p"m"Santa!Clara!@!San!Francisco Sat"!#$%) %'((!p"m"Santa!Clara!@!San!Francisco Sun"!#$%& %'((!p"m"Santa!Clara!@!Pacific Tue"!#$%# *'((!p"m"

Men’s Tennis

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BRONCO BRIEFS

Track

The Bronco track team traveled to Sacramento State for the Sac State Open on Saturday. Sophomore Allie Sibole provided the lone victory of the meet for Santa Clara. Sibole won the 1500m event in 4:40.53. She was followed by junior Hayley Ney in third (4:43.40). Freshman Jennifer Nakamura and Mary Kriege fin-ished fourth and fifth while establishing personal bests. Nakamura was timed in 4:49.27 and Kriege was 4:49.34.

Senior Erin McCarthy tuned up for the West Coast Invite next week with a fourth place showing in the 800m (2:12.79) and junior Erin Hartwig was eighth in 2:18.11.

For the men, senior Richard Zhu was fourth in the 1500m (4:03.88) and fellow senior Austin Jones was sixth in 4:08.17. Junior Kevin Oliver led a Bronco sweep of the second section with a time of 4:09.99. Freshman Sean Roe placed second (4:11.12) and senior Chris Sampson finished third (4:12.36).

Both teams are now preparing to send their top athletes this season to compete against the best that the West Coast Conference has to o)er at the West Coast Invite next week.

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Peters’ homer lifts team to fourth straight victory

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Evan Peters got the pitch he was looking for on Tuesday night at Schott Stadium. With one swing, the senior infielder became a hero as he sent the ball flying deep into the night, a walk-o) home run in extra innings that propelled the Broncos to a 7-5 victory over San Francisco State.

Peters stepped into the spot-light in the bottom of the tenth inning to face San Francisco State’s left-handed pitcher Jack Jorgensen.

“I was looking for something right down the middle, something fast,” Peters said after the win, “and I got it.”

The baseball, which had been taking a direct path from pitcher to catcher for most of the night, suddenly changed direction — first colliding with his bat and later set-tling behind the left field fence.

“Any time you walk o) that’s pretty sweet,” said Peters.

The beginning of the game was not so sweet for Santa Clara starter James Smith, who walked the first two batters he faced and gave up a run in each of the first two innings.

“We came out very flat after a weekend o),” said Head Coach Dan O’Brien, whose team entered

the game on a three-game winning streak after sweeping a mid-week series against Seattle. “There’s no excuse for it.”

Andrew Biancardi tied the game with a two-run home run in the fourth inning, but Smith would allow two more runs before Chris Heckert replaced him in the top of the fifth.

“Smitty for some reason start-ed to get too analytical out on the mound,” said O’Brien. “The guys came in out of the pen and really picked him up.”

Heckert and Powell Fansler both made relief appearances, but Fansler left the game with a 5-4 deficit.

Paul Twining entered the game

as a reliever in the top of the ninth inning.

In the bottom half of the frame, Matt Ozanne’s single scored Jus-tin Viele, who was hit by a pitch to lead o) the inning. Ozanne stole second, which prompted SFSU pitcher Branden Petrangelo to intentionally walk Pat Stover. Stephen Takahashi then grounded out to second, ending the threat, and sending the game into extra innings.

Twining allowed two singles in the tenth, but ended the inning with a strikeout.

He would not need to return to the mound. After Drew Ozanne led o) the bottom of the 10th by fly-ing out, Quinton Perry singled to

left. O’Brien then summoned Zach Looney to pinch-run for Perry in an e)ort to get some more speed on the base paths. But when Peters followed with his blast to left field, there was no need for Looney to rush home. He could simply trot, with Peters following suit behind him.

“I was just trying to get on base with a single, but it was pretty awe-some to end it right there,” said Peters after the game. “Every game we try and fight, especially when we’re down, and tonight it worked out for us.”

Contact Tom Schreier at tschreier@scu.edu or (408) 554-4852.

Sophomore shortstop Greg Harisis (top) leaps to catch a throw during Santa Clara’s 7-5 victory over San Francisco State on Tuesday night at Schott Stadium. The Broncos won the game on a walk-off homerun by senior Evan Peters in the tenth inning.

BRIAN KLAHN — THE SANTA CLARA

Safety Brought to the Fore“You want your kids to do

whatever they want to do, but I was very emphatic

about him not playing football, that he do something else.” This line, which sounds like a quote from a worried mother, actually comes from Harry Carson, a Hall of Fame line-backer from the New York Giants. He is one of many former NFL football players that has come out to dis-cuss the medical dangers of playing football, specifically the e)ects of concussions on the brain as people become older.

Over the past year and a half, three very high profile former NFL players have committed suicide, all of whom su)ered concussions during their playing days. The loss includes Dave Duerson, Ray Easterling and the most recent, Junior Seau, who took his own life last week at the age of 43.

The first two were known to have su)ered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, which is a disease of the brain as a result of repeated blows to the head. It is a degenerative condition that is usually manifested in memory loss, aggression and deep depression. Furthermore, it can only be diagnosed after death with a brain biopsy, so it is di(cult for a player to know if they su)er from it. If Seau’s brain shows signs of CTE, there will likely be a bigger push for concussion testing and new safety rules.

Hall of fame quarterback Troy Aik-man has predicted the end of football as an organized sport in the coming years. He believes that with increased research on concussions and head in-juries, people will become less likely to allow their children to play such a violent sport. This will lead to a di-minished popularity in football from the lowest level up, as people will stop playing and lose interest. The death of such a caring, enjoyable character like Seau will only expedite that process.

The league is already in the midst of a large-scale safety reform. The starting line of the kicko) was moved forward five yards in an attempt to take a high risk play out of the game. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has cracked down on the Saints organization that was running an illegal bounty system. This is exactly the opposite of what Goodell wants, especially since he is already facing over 1,400 lawsuits from previous players over health concerns. The fact that he suspended one player and a head coach for the whole season, as well as giving out lesser suspensions for three other players, shows that he means business for player safety.

Unfortunately, it is too late for someone like Junior Seau, whose head may have been hit one too many times during his career. What we can all hope is that his suicide will lead to positive change in the NFL which places more emphasis on the safety of players, from the bottom up.

Ryan Reed is a freshman history major and an associate reporter for The Santa Clara.

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